Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Norman Castle
- The Mansion House
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Bar Convent
- The Hospitium
- York Castle Museum
- Statue of an Athlete
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Anglian Carving
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Newgate Cross Shaft